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Massachusetts Histories

• Early History of the Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R.: From 1866 to 1880 …, by GAR
• Continuation of the History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from the …, by G. Minot
• Biographical history of Massachusetts: biographies and …, Volume 2, by S. Eliot
• Annual report on the vital statistics of Massachusetts, births, marriages, divorces and deaths..
• Annual report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts…
• A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts, by S. Morison, 1917
• A history of New England, containing historical and descriptive sketches of the counties, cities and principal towns of the six New England states, including, in its list of contributors, more than sixty literary men and women, representing every county in New England, R.H. Howard
• A guide to Massachusetts local history: being a bibliographic index to the literature of the towns, cities and counties of the state, including books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals and collected works, books in preparation, historical manuscripts,…, by Charles Flagg
• A Concise History of Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement, by Mary Clark
• Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical – genealogical, Vol. 3
• Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical – genealogical; v. 08
• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by William Adams
• Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, published 1856
• Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, published 1856
• Guide to the public vital records of Massachusetts
• Historical collections: being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biograph- ical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions, by John Warner Barber
• Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts, by Paul Guzzi
• History of Grants under the Great Council For New England, published 1869
• History of Massachusetts, 1764-1820, Volume 2, 1825
• History of Massachusetts from the year 1790 to 1820, Volume 3 by Bradford, published 1829
• History of Massachusetts, from 1764 to July, 1775, by Bradford, published 1822
• History of Masschusetts for Two Hundred Years, 1620-1820,
• History of Massachusetts from July, 1775…, Volume 2 by Bradford, published 1825
• History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts: Including the Plymouth and …, by William Davis, 1900
• History of Western Massachusetts: The Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, Volume 2, Part 3, by Holland
• Introductory Lecture to the course on the Early History of Massachusetts, published 1869
• One of a thousand : a series of biographical sketches of one thousand representative men resident in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, A. D. 1888-’89
• Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• Researching your Family’s History at the Massachusetts Archives, published 1996
• Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts: From 1630 to the Revolution in 1775, by Washburn
• Souvenir history of the New England Southern Conference in three volumes
• The journal of American history (Associated Publishers of American Records), Vol. 1, Index, by Francis Miller
• The History of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth Period, 1775-1820, Volume 3, by Barry, published 1857
• The History of Massachusetts, the Provincial Period, 1692-1775, Volume 2, by Barry, published 1857

• The history of the insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the year 1786, and…, by Minot
• The history of Massachusetts, Volume 1, by J. Barry
• The history of Massachusetts : [index],
• The History of Massachusetts: Commonwealth period, by J. Barry
• The History of Massachusetts, from the first settlement thereof in 1628 until the year 1750, by Thoams Hutchinson, in Two Volumes, Volume I, by T. Hutchinson
• The History of Massachusetts …: The colonial period, by J. Barry
• The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay: From 1749 to 1774, by T. Hutchinson
• The History of Massachusetts, the Colonial Period, 1492-1692, Volume 1, by Barry, published 1855

• The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts, by Sullivan
• The History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay…, by T. Hutchinson
• The bibliographer’s manual of American history : containing an account of all state territory, town, and county histories relating to the United States of North America, with verbatim copies of their titles, and useful bibliography; v. 05

• Winthrop’s Journal, “The History of New England”, 1630-1649, Volume 1, published 1908

• Winthrop’s Journal, “The History of New England”, 1630-1649, Volume 2, published 1908

Massachusetts Military Histories

• A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, published 1868
• A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, Volume 2, by W. Schouler
• A History of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry Volunteers, by B. Crowninshield
• History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, Volume 1,  published 1895
• History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, Volume 2, published 1901
• History of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865, published 1884
• History of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865, 1884
• History of the Fifth Massachusetts Battery, organized October 3, 1861 mustered out June 12, 1865, published 1902
• History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry…, by Luis Emilio
• History of the Nineteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865
• History of the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the War, by Walcott
• Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-1865, volume 2, part 1, published 1895
• Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-1865, volume 2, part 2, published 1895
• Massachusetts Infantry 13th Regiment, 1661-1864, published 1888
• Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War : a compilation from the archives; Vol. 01
• Massachusetts privateers of the Revolution, by Gardner Allen
• Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society – v. 21 (1884-1885)
• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society – v. 36 (1902)
• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society – v. 56 (1922-1923)

• Record of Revolutionary soldiers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by Rollin H. Cooke
• The history of the Twenty-ninth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, in the late war of the rebellion
• The maritime history of Massachusetts, 1783-1860: with illustrations, by Samuel Eliot Morison
• The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860, published 1921

•  The Military Annals of Lancaster Massachusetts, 1740-1865, including lists of soldiers serving in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars for the Lancastrian Towns: Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Leominster, and Sterling, published 1889
• Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, published 1888

African American and Slavery

• The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, by DuBois, 1904
• The Negro in American History, by J. Cromwell 1914
• The Negro and The Nation, A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by G. Merriam, 1906
• The Connection of Massachusetts with Slavery and the Slave-Trade, by C. Deane, 1886
• The colored patriots of the American Revolution, by W. Neil,
• Territorial slave code: speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, 1860
• Speech of Horace Mann of Massachusetts, on the subject of Slavery in the Territories, and the consequences of a dissolution of the Union, 1850
• Slavery as it once prevailed in Massachusetts…, by Emory Washburn, 1869
• Right and Wrong in Massachusetts by Maria Chapman, 1839
• Right and Wrong in Boston, Report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society
• Report and Resolve on the Subject of Slavery, by Massachusetts General Court,
• Personal Liberty Laws, (Statutes of Massachusetts,) and Slavery in the Territories, (Case of Dred Scott), by Joel Parker, 1861
• Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts, by G. Moore
• Notes of the History of Slavery in Massachusetts, published 1866
• Defence of Massachusetts, Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner on the Boston Memorial for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill…, by C. Sumner, 1854
• A Social History of the American Negro…, by B. Brawley, 1921
• A history of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, by G. Williams

Massachusetts Societies and Clubs

• Centennial year, 1792-1892, the Massachusetts society for promoting agriculture. Reprinted, 1942

• New England Family History, Volume 1, 1907-08
• New England Family History, Volume 2, 1908-09
• New England Family History, Volume 2, 1908-09 (alternate source)

• New England Family History, Volume 3, 1909-10

• New England Family History, Volume 4, 1911-1912

• New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History . . . genealogy and history of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, published 1902
• New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History . . . genealogy and history of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, published 1902

• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, many issues

Massachusetts County Histories

• Barnstable County Histories

• Berkshire County Histories

• Bristol County Histories

• Dukes County Histories

• Essex County Histories

• Franklin County Histories

• Hampden County Histories

• Hampshire County Histories

• Middlesex County Histories

• Nantucket County Histories

• Norfolk County Histories

• Plymouth County Histories

• Suffolk County Histories

• Worcester County Histories